Entity Lv428's seventh day at the Singapore facility went normally until 0300 hours, when Coalition sensor arrays picked up unauthorized dimensional manipulation inside the containment chamber assigned as the entity's temporary quarters. Rama woke instantly, his Timeline integration flaring with warning as the dimensional framework destabilized in a way the cooperation protocols explicitly forbade.
The barriers were weakening locally. Multiple energy signatures had appeared at once. This wasn't an accident. It was a trap springing.
He reached Sekar's quarters in ninety seconds and found her already in tactical gear. "Dimensional manipulation detected at the entity's quarters. Either it violated protocol trying something hostile, or someone's framing it to sabotage this cooperation deliberately."
